JOHN SAFKOW
NPI 1962833574
Counselor - Mental Health in Oakland, CA

NPI Status: Active since December 06, 2013

Contact Information

2116 BROADWAY
OAKLAND, CA
ZIP 94612
Phone: (510) 899-4100
Fax: (510) 350-3322

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Individual
Male
Counselor
Mental Health

About JOHN SAFKOW

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for John Safkow, a provider established in Oakland, California with a medical specialization in Counselor, focusing in mental health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1962833574 assigned on December 2013. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YM0800X. The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 10 years ago.

NPI: 1962833574
Provider Name: JOHN SAFKOW
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 2116 BROADWAY OAKLAND, CA 94612
Location Phone: (510) 899-4100
Location Fax: (510) 350-3322
Mailing Address: 2116 BROADWAY OAKLAND, CA 94612
Mailing Phone: (510) 899-4100
Mailing Fax: (510) 350-3322
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 12-06-2013
Last Update Date: 11-01-2016
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A mental health counselor like John Safkow provides treatment to individuals, families, couples, and groups for mental and emotional health issues and relationship problems. Mental health counselors treat clients with a variety of conditions, including anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, stress, and suicidal impulses.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Counselor Mental Health
Taxonomy Code: 101YM0800X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1962833574, we treat the final digit (4) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 66. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 66 = 4).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 6 → 12 → 3 8 → 16 → 7 3 → 6 7 → 14 → 5

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 24 = 66

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 66 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 66 = 4

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 4, which matches the last digit of 1962833574.